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Birth to death
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Assistant cook.
Before being taken from his parents he would volunteer as an assistant cook, however once his parents were murdered he stopped going and turned his back and joined the militarily. When confronted by his former mentor 2 years later he went to the establishment with a small militarily force and killed everybody. -
Fight the Shifta rebels
fight the Shifta rebels and later fought with the British during the suppression of the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya.he attained the rank of effendi the highest position for a black African soldier within the KAR -
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Light weight boxing champion
During his time in the army, Amin became the light heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda, a title he held for nine years -
Sergeant
Amin fought against the Mau Mau African freedom fighters, who were opposed to British rule in Kenya. For this he was promoted to Sergeant -
Lance Corporal
Amin helped stop cattle rustling, or stealing, between neighboring ethnic groups in Karamoja, Uganda, and Turkana, Kenya, this promoted him to Corporal. -
Sergeant major and platoon commander
Uganda's prime minister, that he be brought to trial as a criminal. Amin instead publicly criticized him, deciding it would have been politically unwise to put on trial one of the two African officers just before Uganda was to gain independence from Britain, then promoting him once again. -
Lieutenant
One of the first of two Ugandan officers to make the rank of lieutenant.He was a larger-than-life figure and yet simple enough to shake hands with common people and participate in their traditional dances. He was charming, informal, and flexible. Amin was thought to be a nationalist. Seeing this the president moved him up to Lieutenant. -
70 years under British rule
, Uganda gained its independence on October 9, 1962, and Milton Obote became the nation’s first prime minister. By 1964, Obote had forged an alliance with Amin, who helped expand the size and power of the Ugandan Army. -
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President of Uganda
Idi Amin Dada was a Ugandan politician and military officer. He was the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin was born either in Koboko or Kampala to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. -
Overthrew the elected government
In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, launching a ruthless eight-year regime. -
Economic hard times
Amin expelled Uganda’s Asian population, which numbered between 50,000 and 70,000, resulting in a collapse of the economy as manufacturing, agriculture and commerce came to a screeching halt without the appropriate resources to support them. -
Politician and military officer
As a Politician, he defended against the crimes, he helped criminals escape charges of all types. When he took office he released almost every criminal in the Uganda presidency. -
Role in terrorism
Amin welcomed the terrorists and supplied them with troops and weapons, but was humiliated when Israeli commandos subsequently rescued the hostages in a surprise raid on the Entebbe airport -
Forced into Exile
his reign of terror came to an end as Ugandan exiles and Tanzanians took control of the capital of Kampala, forcing Amin to flee, and brought to justice for his heinous crimes -
Counter Offence
Two weeks later, Nyerere mobilized a counter-offensive to recapture the land, and drove the Ugandan Army out with the help of Ugandan exiles -
Famous quotes
(You cannot run faster than a bullet.) On 1979, Idi Amin said to the former president of uganda as he took a que and overthrew the president. -
Back from the dead
All tho in exile amin managed to still run in secrete in Uganda, while searching for him in near by countries he was never found due to the fact that he remained in Uganda under protection from his own people. -
Idi Amin, movie
The Rise and Fall, is a 1981 biographical film directed by Sharad Patel and starring Joseph Olita as Idi Amin. Olita also played Amin in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala. Contents. -
Forced into isolation
Brought to justice and went to be prosecution by the jury, Amin remained in isolation for the horid acts of crime he had committed and was to be held accountable for each of the 3,000,000 people that he had taken the life of. -
Escape from Persecution
Upon the day of his execution, Amin staged a prison break. A secrete service devoted to protecting Amin came in and took him, nearly 11 hours past before any guard noticed he was missing. Nearly 2 weeks later appeared on the news with fill autoimmunity from precaution. -
Shot on Sight
The escape from prosecution, as happy as some people were their were far more angered for what had happened and the lives of their children, 1 year later after the escape he was resting in a cabin preparing to leave when all of a sudden a platoon of solders came in overpowering Amins army the people shot Amin 1 clip for each child and family member who had died. -
Confession
8 days later the men and women involved in the killing of Amin came forward and gave their testimony and the reason for their acts, all tho committing murder they were taken into causticity and booked, nearly 1 day later they were all release, the newly elected president had understood the act of what they had done and offered each one a pardon.
